The Amazing Internet Challenge: How Leading Projects Use Library Skills to Organize the Web [Paperback]

Amy Tracy Wells (Author), Susan Calcari (Author), Travis Koplow (Author)

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Wells and her colleagues selected eight U.S. and four British projects for organizing information on the World Wide Web as representative ways of successfully taming the often-chaotic Web. Including both specially focused and general sites, the projects were chosen because all "serve as strategic examples of the possibilities inherent in online information" and might be taken as models for future projects. For each site, similar information is furnished, including those responsible for the site and the site's mission statement, funding sources, classification system, selection criteria, and more. Especially noteworthy are sections describing site strengths and weaknesses and site goals. Edward Swanson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Amer Library Assn (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0838907660
• ISBN-13: 978-0838907665
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,865,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars interesting for librarians, June 16, 2000

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gwen gregory - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Amazing Internet Challenge: How Leading Projects Use Library Skills to Organize the Web (Paperback)

A wide variety of information specialists will benefit from "The Amazing Internet Challenge". In the words of the editors, "Whether developing a system from scratch or working to establish cooperative networks, anyone involved with organizing information on the Internet will find knowledge and inspiration in the experiences of these projects." The chapters are well written and organized. Readers can easily flip to particular sections is each chapter to compare how projects handled some aspect, or can read through and hear all about each project in turn. I found it fascinating to read about the history of how each of these services developed. It took me right back to my own early experiences with my library's gopher server, learning to use Unix and create gopher menus. Then we shifted over to the web, studying up on HTML and how to use graphics. The chapters of "The Amazing Internet Challenge" will inspire those who are just entering this exciting world of information access. Hearing about the successful experiences of others will also inspire those currently in the field. It is always pleasant to hear about projects that work and that provide valuable services to users. With web-based virtual libraries, these users can be anywhere in the world, expanding the possible user base enormously.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a shocker..., May 16, 2008

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Luis E. Molina "Deadly Penguin" (Where in the world are any of us?) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Amazing Internet Challenge: How Leading Projects Use Library Skills to Organize the Web (Paperback)

I'll admit, at first I was skeptical about reading this book, but once I opened it I could not put this page-turner down!

I laughed, I cried, I even made a meal while being captivated by this book. I would put this somewhere in between the Bible and Howard Stern's Private Parts.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Jaw-dropping conclusion when everyone but the heroine dies in the end and she comforts herself with a bowl of ice cream. Personally, I would have chosen Vanilla - but I'm a dessert snob like that.